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But investments and social spending are costly, and the Government must make sure it can afford them, he said. Speaking to about 2,000 activists at the PAP convention, Mr Lee said that while Singapore has enough revenue for this term of Government, spending has been going up and must rise further. And as Singapore’s spending needs grow, he stressed that Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat was right when he said that raising taxes is not a matter of whether, but when.

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While the Workers' Party's suggestion to reduce class sizes for the benefit of students has been shot down by none other than the PAP minister in charge of education, Mr Ng Chee Meng, it remains a popular and valid idea that most teachers would love to see implemented for the benefit of their students.

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NCMP for the Workers' Party Leon Perera and Junior Minister for the People's Action Party Chee Hong Tat crossed swords once again in parliament, this time over the issue of an edited parliamentary video uploaded by Mediacorp.

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On Wednesday in Parliament, Sylvia Lim pointed out that the PAP Government had couched the decision on how to count the Elected Presidency under a legal cloak by claiming that this was the Attorney-General's advice. This was done to avoid any rigorous challenge in Parliament. But now Shanmugam claims it was never suggested that that the decision to count from Wee Kim Wee was made because of the AGC's advice. How can you trust the PAP after this?

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Singapore Democratic Party's Chee Soon Juan lashed out at DPM Tharman for saying the mainstream media here is well-balanced. "If the DPM believes that Singaporeans are no fools, then why does he continue to tell us to believe him and not our lying eyes?"

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Our reader mocks the PAP for building Bukit Panjang LRT due to political pressure and wonders if the same is true for the upcoming Downtown Line. "As a Minister, Khaw has failed miserably. It seems he only knows ow to blame everyone else except himself".

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When the PM and his 2 DPMs have talked on an almost daily basis about the just concluded shambolic reserved Presidency , you know things must be bad for the PAP ! Internal surveys have probably indicated a drastic drop in support for the PAP which they are trying desperately to reverse. This reserved Presidency is the single most important political awakening for Singaporeans after half a century of nationhood. They have seen their political leaders and Establishment cynically manipulate the constitution in a bid to entrench their political power. They hated what they saw.